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Big Bang comes Alive with their highly anticipated fifth mini-album! Working with the group's usual hitmaker Teddy, G-Dragon again has songwriting credits on all the album's new tracks, including Blue. Dae Sung co-wrote his solo "Wings" with G-Dragon.

Big Bang's fifth mini-album is being released in Korea in six editions with different packaging and booklet. Customers who purchase this product will have one of the available versions selected for them at random.

Note: This album comes in hard paper case packaging. Steel-case packaging version of the album is no longer available.

I'm from Malaysia and would like to purchase for "Big Bang Mini Album Vol. 5 - Alive (Daesung version).
I can't find for the selection box to choose for this version and is there only (Random version) available?
I would like to purchase this item with no duplication with my other version. I find out other website and it was allow choosing for other version. I had purchase from Yesasia.com and find this online purchase is safe & trustworthy. Could you please advice and help on this?

So I purchased 2 CDs of 'Alive' and received GD and T.O.P. covers, which are my exact biases so there's absolutely NO complaints!!! XD

'Intro (Alive)' makes a great beginning for this album with its energy and coolness. And the whole "I'm still Alive" thingy really makes me feel better whenever I'm down :)

'Blue' and '사랑먼지' make great R&B tracks, though 'Blue' is not really my favourite of this EP, still there's no doubt it's a hit! And while 'Blue' is much sadder, '사랑먼지' has a brighter and sweeter concept, almost makes it a mix of 'Blue' and 'Bad Boy'... I think :). 'Bad Boy' makes a quite great number with its energic, teenish feels...

'재미없어' is more of a mix of 'Bad Boy' and 'Fantastic Baby'...? It has its hiphop feel yet still bright and fresh like teenagers... And it has a more loving feel, too :)

'Fantastic Baby' is my absolute favourite from this EP! It's like, do I even have to say more?

Now, about the packaging, each album comes with a huge group poster. The cover is made of metal, it has scratches, it WILL rust and it somehow even kind of rips the cardboard box inside, and be careful to not cut yourself with the sharp edges :(. This metal cover is the same for all versions, with carved "Alive"-styled "bigbang" and symbol on it. When you take out the containings, you'll see the booklet, made of hard, glossy and thick paper, stuffed in a deep sea blue cover. The front cover of the book and the special YG family card is the picture of the version you chose: may as well be a individual shot or group shot. The mini photobook is mostly the chosen member's photos, as for solo versions. And even the CD has different colors and the member's, or group's name on it for each version. And on the backside of the cardboard box is of course one picture of the chosen version. I also noticed that the mini-photobook's theme color is different for each member. But after all, this was just amazing!!!

For those of you wondering where your CD is when you already got the poster: don't worry! My order was split up too, which Yesasia does because of the size of the poster I think. It came in a very sturdy tube and was in very good condition. The CD also arrived within two weeks (I'm in New Zealand so that was very fast) and had not a single scratch on it. The metal case is starting to rust a little bit, but YG released a statement that this is part of the look and concept, so again, don't worry.

As for the CD itself, nothing to say really except that it is truly fantastic baby! The songs have great variety and are great for VIPs and people who are new to BB's music.

I just loved the album, when i found out that BigBang was returning i bought the mini album, but when i saw this Special Edition with more stuff i canceled and ordered this one. Couldnt feel more happy about it. It took a lot to arrive cause om from Brazil. But the packaging was perfect, not a single scratch.

The product is the most amazing album i've ever seen. I agree with prism that its underpriced, cause its just awesome.